Leaders

Pastoral Staff

Gary Gilley

Senior Pastor

Dr. Gary E. Gilley has been pastoring at Southern View Chapel since 1975. He is author of six books, and has also contributed to four other books.

Pastor Gilley received his BA from Moody Bible Institute and his MBS and ThD from Cambridge Graduate School. He is a frequent speaker at Bible conferences and writes the monthly study paper, Think on These Things and is the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Dispensational Theology. He is also a board member of the IFCA International, Brazil Gospel Fellowship Mission, Personal Freedom Outreach and New Tribes Missions.

Pastor Gilley and his wife Marsha have two adult sons and six grandchildren.

Michael Wickens

Director of Biblical Counseling

Mike serves as the Director of the Springfield Center for Biblical Counseling. He joined the SVC staff at the beginning of 2017. After 38 years as a Site Manager at various parks in Illinois, Mike retired from IDNR on December 31st 2016.

Mike received his BS from Southern Illinois University, a certificate in Bible from Moody Bible Institute and has been certified by ACBC as a counselor. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree in Biblical Counseling from Faith Bible Seminary. He has been married for 40 plus years and has three grown daughters, two sons-in-law, and six grandchildren.